《Uncut》“150張最佳”特刊
21世紀的第1個10年就要過去了,世界文明并沒有如科幻電影《2001太空漫游》所描繪的那般受到天啟而飛速進化,唱片工業(yè)反而受到互聯(lián)網(wǎng)的沖擊顯得前所未有的“疲軟”。但在另一方面,這個10年恐怕也是有史以來人們聽到最多新聲音的10年。我們從沒有如此接近距離地接觸到歐美音樂文化,不再依賴落后的傳統(tǒng)媒體和打口帶,現(xiàn)在我們的音樂欣賞完全能夠和大洋彼岸同步。還記得10年來你到底聽過多少新鮮的聲音嗎?要回答這個問題其實真的很難。
Robert Plant和Alison Krauss
最近一期的《Uncut》雜志選出了21世紀第1個10年中150張最佳專輯。其中來自英國的專輯不在少數(shù)?!禪ncut》雜志是一本來自倫敦的月刊,在英語世界國家中非常流行。這本雜志專門報道音樂,但也有關(guān)于電影的部分。我們來看看有哪些英國專輯入選了這10年來最值得一聽的專輯。
Arctic Monkeys
《Whatever People Say I Am,That’s What I’m Not》封套
排在第24位的是Arctic Monkeys的《Whatever People Say I Am,That’s What I’m Not》(Domino,2006)?!禪ncut》說:“年輕、活躍、多變,并且通過Alex Turner非同尋常而精妙的詞作才華,Arctic Monkeys雖然情緒多變,但仍恰如其分地繼承了The Jam、The Smiths和The Libertines的偉大傳統(tǒng)?!?/p>
Beth Gibbons和Rustin Man
《Out Of Season》封套
排名第23位的是Beth Gibbons和Rustin Man合作的《Out Of Season》(Go!,2002)?!禪ncut》將其描述為:“一張脆弱、誘人和大膽的憂郁唱片?!?/p>
Blur
《Think Tank》封套
Blur的《Think Tank》(EMI,2003)排在第22?!禪ncut》說:“一張優(yōu)雅和成熟的唱片,從‘Caravan’溫暖的阿拉伯情調(diào)到悅耳的流行曲‘Out Of Time’無一不是精彩之作”。
Amy Winehouse
《Back To Black》封套
Amy Winehouse的《Back To Black》(Island,2006)排名20。《Uncut》說:“突如其來的溫馨和危險的自白,感覺就像是釋放了一個經(jīng)典的瞬間。”
Kate Bush
《Aerial》封套
第18名是Kate Bush的《Aerial》(EMI,2005)?!禪ncut》的解釋是:“這就是Kate Bush,某些片段聽起來極為荒謬,但盡管這樣它們也被組織得相當漂亮?!?/p>
Radiohead
《In Rainbows》封套
Radiohead的獨立發(fā)行的《In Rainbows》(2007)排在榜上的第15位?!禪ncut》說:“這也是迄今為止樂隊對技術(shù)的偏執(zhí)和巴洛克式的現(xiàn)場搖滾最充分的體現(xiàn)?!?/p>
Primal Scream
《XTRMNTR》封套
第14名,Primal Scream的《XTRMNTR》(Creation,2002)?!禪ncut》說:“一支樂隊的第6張專輯被認為是他們最好的一張,這種情況極為罕見,但有了《XTRMNTR》,Primal Scream便開創(chuàng)了一片新天地。”
Portishead
《Third》封套
第12名,Portishead的《Third》《Island,2008》?!禪ncut》說:“一場《啟示錄》般充滿德國搖滾樂、民謠、電子樂,甚至高科技音樂的不妥協(xié)碰撞,這種不祥的預感仿佛就是世界崩潰的原聲帶?!?/p>
《Raising Sand》封套
第6名是來自老將Robert Plant和Alison Krauss合作的《Raising Sand》(Rounder,2007)?!禪ncut》對這張專輯評價道:“一場對美國根源音樂多樣性的華麗慶典?!?/p>
《Uncut》把第1名的桂冠給了美國樂隊The White Stripes的《White Blood Cells》(2001)。
《Kid A》封套
此外,Radiohead的《Kid A》(Parlophone,2000)被這本英國雜志只排到了第25位,《Uncut》將其描述為“逃離樂隊之前通過《OK Computer》建立的復雜的搖滾音樂監(jiān)獄之路”。相反據(jù)“時代在線”網(wǎng)站近日評選的21世紀第1個10年100張最佳專輯卻將其排在第1名?!皶r代在線”做出的解釋是:在發(fā)行差不多10年之后,Radiohead的第4張專輯很容易讓人忘記當初在它出現(xiàn)之時是多么地讓人目瞪口呆?!禣K Computer》獲得了歌迷和樂評家一致的推崇,將其看作是有史以來最棒的專輯,于是樂隊的下一個挑戰(zhàn)就應(yīng)該是保持他們的聽眾群,而不是變成他們自己崇拜的樂隊。因為這樣的話,他們會功成名就,全身而退。據(jù)說Thom Yorke和Jonny Greenwood是樂隊中的筆記本電腦操作者,其他成員甚至疑惑他們是否還被需要。不管怎樣,他們的所作所為實際上是重新定義了新世紀搖滾專輯的概念?!癊verything In Its Right Place”和“Morning Bell”的氛圍仿佛是為強迫癥定制的,“The National Anthem”和“Idioteque”則充滿了夜晚的恐怖。而縱觀全局——最顯而易見的要數(shù)“How To Disappear Completely”和“Optimistic”——Radiohead仍然留有時間讓我們想起盡管他們變得面目全非,他們激動人心的現(xiàn)場協(xié)同仍然完好無損。上一支主流搖滾樂隊發(fā)表這樣的實驗唱片同時還保持其商業(yè)成績,就必須追溯到1968年的《The White Album》了。而這才是《Kid A》所達到的成就。
《Uncut》21世紀第1個10年的150張最佳專輯完整名單:
1. The White Stripes – White Blood Cells
2. Bob Dylan – Love And Theft
3. Wilco – A Ghost Is Born
4. Brian Wilson – Smile
5. The Strokes – Is This It
6. Robert Plant And Alison Krauss – Raising Sand
7. The Arcade Fire – Funeral
8. Bob Dylan – Modern Times
9. Ryan Adams –Heartbreaker
10. Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes
11. The Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
12. Portishead – Third
13. Gillian Welsh – Time (The Revelator)
14. Primal Scream – Xtrmntr
15. Radiohead – In Rainbows
16. LCD Sound System – Sound Of Silver
17. The White Stripes – Elephant
18. Kate Bush – Aerial
19. Bruce Springsteen – The Rising
20. Amy Winehouse – Back To Black
21. Joanna Newsom – Ys
22. Blur – Think Tank
23. Beth Gibbons And Rustin Man – Out Of Season
24. Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not
25. Radiohead – Kid A
26. Lambchop – Nixon
27. The Hold Steady – Boys And Girls In America
28. Queens Of The Stoneage – Songs For The Deaf
29. Neil Young – Chrome Dreams II
30. Sufjan Stevens – Illinoise
31. My Morning Jacket – It Still Moves
32. Calexico – Feast Of Wire
33. Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion
34. Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago
35. Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
36. Johnny Cash – American IV: The Man Comes Around
37. The Raconteurs – Broken Boy Soldiers
38. Ryan Adams – Gold
39. Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend
40. Boards Of Canada – Geogaddi
41. Bruce Springsteen – Magic
42. Richmond Fontaine – Post To Wire
43. The Streets – Original Pirate Material
44. The Libertines – Up The Bracket
45. Solomon Burke – Don’t Give Up On Me
46. Drive By Truckers – Southern Rock Opera
47. The National – Alligator
48. Ry Cooder – Chavez Ravine
49. PJ Harvey – Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
50. Cat Power – The Greatest
51. Warren Zevon – The Wind
52. Dizzee Rascal – Boy In Da Corner
53. Interpol – Turn On The Bright Lights
54. Magnetic Fields – 69 Love Songs
55. Bjork – Vespertine
56. Sonic Youth – Murry Street
57. Robert Wyatt – Cuckooland
58. Bob Dylan - Together Through Life
59. The White Stripes – De Stijl
60. Loretta Lynn – Van Lear Rose
61. Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds – The Lyre Of Orpheus/Abattoir Blues
62. Ghostface Killah – Fishscale
63. The Rolling Stones – A Bigger Bang
64. Lift To Experience – The Texas Jerusalem Crossroads
65. Rufus Wainwright – Poses
66. Jay-Z – The Blueprint
67. Midlake – The Trials Of Van Occupanther
68. D’angelo – Voodoo
69. Arctic Monkeys – Favourite Worst Nightmare
70. The Good The Bad The Queen – The Good The Bad The Queen
71. TV On The Radio – Dear Science
72. Emmylou Harris – Red Dirt Girl
73. Elliott Smith – Figure Eight
74. Elbow – Asleep At The Back
75. Gorillaz – Demon Days
76. Beck – Seachange
77. Kanye West – The College Dropout
78. Johnny Cash – American III: Solitary Man
79. Kings Of Leon – Only By The Night
80. Levon Helm – Electric Dirt
81. Okkervil – The Stage Names
82. Drive By Truckers – The Dirty South
83. Outkast – Stankonia
84. David Bowie – Heathen
85. MIA – Arular
86. PJ Harvey – White Chalk
87. Queens Of The Stonage – Rated R
88. The White Stripes – Get Behind Me Satan
89. Neil Young – Living With War
90. Bright Eyes – I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning
91. John Cale – Hobo Sapiens
92. Tom Waits – Real Gone
93. The Streets – A Grand Don’t Come For Free
94. Devendra Banheart – Oh Me Oh My, The Way The Day Goes By….
95. Granddaddy – The Sophtware Slump
96. Rufus Wainwright – Want One
97. Paul Weller – 22 Dreams
98. The Avalanches – Since I Left You
99. Babyshambles – Down In Albion
100. Jim O’rourke – Insignificance
101. Neko Case - Blacklisted
102. Felice Brothers – Felice Brothers
103. Missy ‘Misdemeanor’ Elliott – Miss E…So Addictive
104. Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest
105. Steely Dan – Two Against Nature
106. The Go Betweens – The Friends Of Rachel Worth
107. Paul Westerberg – Come Feel Me Tremble
108. Comets On Fire – Avatar
109. The White Stripes – Icky Thump
110. Steely Dan – Everything Must Go
111. Jenny Lewis &The Watson Twins – Rabbit Fur Coat
112. Beirut – The Flying Club Cup
113. The Shins – Chutes Too Narrow
114. The Raconteurs – Consolers Of The Lonely
115. Stephen Malkmus &The Jicks – Real Emotional Trash
116. Sufjan Stevens – Michigan
117. At The Drive-In – Relationship Of Command
118. Super Furry Animals – Love Kraft
119. Scritti Politti – White Bread, Black Beer
120. Mgmt – Oracular Spectacular
121. Hot Chip – The Warning
122. Donald Fagen – Morph The Cat
123. Doves – The Last Broadcast
124. Brightblack Morning Light – Brightblack Morning Light
125. The Hold Steady – Stay Positive
126. Neil Young – Prairie Wind
127. The Handsome Family – In The Air
128. Antony And The Johnsons – I Am A Bird Now
129. Yo La Tengo – And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out
130. Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds – Dig!!, Lazarus, Dig!!!
131. Coldplay – A Rush Of Blood To The Head
132. Drive-By Truckers – Brighter Than Creation’s Dark
133. Bruce Springsteen – We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions
134. Radiohead – Hail To The Thief
135. Willard Grant Conspiracy – Regard The End
136. The Strokes – Room On Fire
137. Elliott Smith – From A Basement To A Hill
138. Wilco – Sky Blue Sky
139. Outkast – Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
140. Espers – Espers II
141. Rachel Unthank &The Winterset – The Bairns
142. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Fever To Tell
143. Leonard Cohen – Ten New Songs
144. Robbery Wyatt – Comicopera
145. Iron &Wine – Our Endless Numbered Days
146. Richard Thompson - Front Parlour Ballads
147. The Acorn – Glory Hope Mountain
148. Franz Ferdinand – Franz Ferdinand
149. Ray Lamontagne – Trouble
150. Band Of Horses – Everything All The Time
資料來源:
http://www.uncut.co.uk
http://www.timesonline.co.uk
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